My Sassy Girl ranks as the highest grossing Korean comedy film until present. In 2001 it was the second highest selling Korean film with about four million tickets sold nationwide for over a span of 10 weeks. Its fame is proven by a number of remakes in several countries including America, Japan, India, China, and Nepal. Just recently its sequel entitled “My New Sassy Girl,” which is a co-production between China and South Korea, has been released on April 22 and May 5 in two countries consequently.
My Sassy Girl ranks as the highest grossing Korean comedy film until present.
My Sassy Girl, being one of the most highly-acclaimed Korean films worldwide, is directed by Kwak Jae Yong and starred in by Cha Tae Hyun and Jun Ji Hyun. It features the love story of a college student named Gyeon Woo and an unnamed girl. The apparent mood swings and seemingly abusive behavior of the girl catches most of the viewers’ attention at the first half of the movie. However the film’s progression that contained nonconventional symbolisms, elements and sentiments makes it worthy of further analysis.
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